Teaching & Learning Resident

We refuse to be ordinary, so neither is this job description! We are searching for our very first Teaching and Learning Resident to streamline instructional supports for our partner schools and organizations.

EdLight’s Teaching and Learning Residency is a four month residency to bridge the exceptional experience of educational leaders with the skills needed to thrive at a high-growth EdTech startup. TLR’s are part-time members of the EdLight team and heavily collaborate with our CEO and Director of Special Projects. Teaching and Learning Residents will have daily opportunities to practice the skills and competencies required to lead successful technology-centered partnerships that drive equitable student outcomes for our invaluable school partners. The TLR program serves as a pathway to joining EdLight’s full-time Teaching and Learning team, pending successful completion of the residency, job openings, and an individual TLR’s readiness to jump in! Join us!

This is a 4 month residency, with a tentative start date of January 30, 2024.

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Why We Need You:

EdLight is growing! We are currently looking for a Teaching & Learning (T&L) Resident to increase our aptitude to proactively support our partners, customers, and team of 50 superstar Math Instructional Specialists. With your manager Lindsay (Director of Special Projects) by your side, your work will play a vital role in both ensuring the success of our development sessions and streamlining the student work submission process. You will be responsible for preparing and leading professional learning sessions, owning communication with a subset of our partner schools/organizations, digging into data to fuel our efficiency, and managing student work submissions. Student work serves as the heartbeat of EdLight, so you are an invaluable addition to the team! Your role directly impacts the ability of our partners to use EdLight in their daily instructional practices.

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Your Responsibilities - Crafted for Impact!

• Planning and Implementing Professional Learning: Empower our partners and customers to use EdLight to its fullest by planning and executing professional learning sessions. Prepare agendas, collaborate with instructional leaders, support onboarding and troubleshooting in our platform, lead professional learning sessions, and own communication with a subset of school/organization partners. This includes…

1. Leveraging your instructional leadership to craft and lead engaging professional learning opportunities with our partner schools aligned to agreed-upon instructional priorities. 
2. Using real-time data, feedback, and assessment of the needs and priorities of our partners to tailor content and support in professional learning spaces.
3. Utilizing your knowledge of EdLight’s platform and features to ground partner supports in the use of our technology.
4. Using your passion for educational equity and access initiatives as the foundation for your relationships with our partner school communities.
5. Exhibiting ownership and accountability in all communications and aspects of relationships with our partner schools.
6. Actively identifying opportunities for improvements to partnership / PD offerings and communicate insights with key internal stakeholders

• Student Work Submission Management: Take charge of managing work submissions from our partners and customers, ensuring a hassle-free process that respects the time and effort educators invest in their classrooms.
• Supporting Math Instructional Specialists: Be the go-to support for our Math Instructional Specialists. Answer their questions, share practical insights, and create an environment where their expertise shines even brighter.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Use your analytical skills to pull out meaningful trends from raw reports to improve efficiency of our team. Use EdLight’s features and insights from our school partners to  provide tailored, ongoing support.
• Showcase Expertise Using EdLight: Manage onboarding / training / development processes of school teams connected to EdLight’s platform.

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Skills & Experience You'll Bring:

• Passionate about Math Education: You know high-quality Math instructional materials and can support partners in their implementation at the classroom and school level.
• Proven Experience with Public Presentation: Particularly within professional learning communities and/or adult learners.
• Leading K-12 Professional Learning: Experience designing and facilitating individualized professional learning experiences to diverse audiences aligned with stakeholder priorities, ideally focused on the implementation of an instructional technology platform. Able to actively engage both in-person and remote settings.
• High Volume, High Efficiency: Proven track record of managing large quantities of requests, even if the requests don’t directly mirror the scope of this role!

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The Perks:

• Competitive Compensation: $45 / hour
• A Residency That Works With Your Schedule: Estimated time commitment of 20 hours per week, flexible depending on your schedule!
• Flexibility & Remote Work: Embrace a flexible, remote working environment that respects your work-life balance.
• Dynamic Team Culture: We are a small, yet agile and mighty team. If you are searching for a close-knit team of coworkers driven by educational equity and tech accessibility in schools, we hope that you reach out!

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Don't let checkboxes hold you back. Research shows members of historically marginalized communities hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you believe this role aligns with your passion and skills, we welcome and encourage you to apply. Highlight your strengths, and let's have a conversation about how you can be an essential part of our team.
 

Hiring Process For This Role

Our hiring process takes an average of 4 weeks from the first interview to a job offer (based on YTD 2023 data). Selena or Yael from our Talent team will be in touch each step of the way to ensure that you are well informed and aware of the next step in the process.

Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications, we can only contact candidates who have been shortlisted for the role. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of submitting your application, we encourage you to apply for another role in the future.

Interested? If you're captivated by this role, complete our application form(linked here)and let's create impactful solutions together!

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